2014年9月29日 星期一

2014-09-30 South Africa Science


Sailor in powerboat record attempt  This is The West Country
A veteran British sailor hopes to smash the world record for circumnavigating the globe in a powerboat by taking to the waves in an environmentally-friendly vessel shaped like a torpedo. Alan Priddy, 61, plans to shave around 10 days off the current ...


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Indian Space Scientists Working on Indigenous Semi Cryogenic Engine Suited ...  International Business Times UK
Buoyed by the success of its Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), Indian space scientists are now looking ahead to completing the last stages in developing a semi-cryogenic engine which can be used for human space flights. Going low cost again, the engine will ...

Post Mangalyaan, space scientists on mission mode   Times of India

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  Phys.Org   
Nasa creates a new state of matter  The New Age Online
The project manager is Indian-American Anita Sengupta who played a key role in the entry, descent and landing of Curiosity on Mars in August 2012. Picture: Getty Images. Print. divider. Mail. divider. Bookmarkl and Share Share. divider. share. Rate this ...

Cold atom laboratory chills atoms to new lows   Phys.Org

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  Rocky Mountain Collegian   
Colorado State faculty attends UN Climate Summit  Rocky Mountain Collegian
U.S. Secretary of State, Hon'ble John Kerry (center) with Minister of U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry (center) with Minister of Agriculture, Netherlands, Sharon Dikjsma (left) and Nancy Stetson (right), U.S. Representative on Global Food Security, at the ...

Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture   National Hog Farmer
Africa: Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture Will Boost Food Security   AllAfrica.com
Raising agriculture's IQ in pursuit of a climate-smart future   Devex
The Hindu   
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  KFDX   
Total Lunar Eclipse to be Visible in Texoma  KFDX
Mark your calendars and set your alarms! A total lunar eclipse will be visible during the early morning hours of October 8th, 2014, according to NASA. Mark your calendars and set your alarms! A total lunar eclipse will be visible during the early morning
Jimmy Westlake: Total lunar eclipse coming next week   Steamboat Pilot & Today
North American Residents will Witness the Second of the Four Total Lunar ...   News Tonight Africa
Total Lunar Eclipse For Australia 8 October 2014   The Westender
The Ranger   
Focus Taiwan News Channel   
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  Independent Online   
Nasa ice records show further retreat  Independent Online
Copy of Copy of ct ice done . meltdown: With global warming, the Arctic sea ice is diminishing. Nasa scientists, who have been measuring the extent of the coverage since 1978, say that during the northern summer this year it was the sixth lowest recorded ...

This year, sea ice records are being set in the Antarctic   Ars Technica
Scientists aboard the Amundsen operate in dangerous conditions while ...   The Globe and Mail
Ice melt dilutes Arctic sea's CO2 clean-up role   eco-business.com
UPI.com   
The Ecologist   
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  Atlanta Black Star   
UN Commemoration of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Sends 'Message of Human ...  Atlanta Black Star
slave2 NEW YORK — The United Nations took one more step on Friday toward constructing a permanent commemoration to the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade in what the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ...


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  Phys.Org   
UN Concerned By Continued Destruction Of Mangrove Forests  RTT News
The United Nations on Monday revealed that the world is losing its mangroves at a faster rate than global deforestation, with the destruction of the coastal habitats costs billions in economic damages and impacting millions of lives. In a new report launched at ...

Rapid mangrove loss results in hefty economic losses: UN report   Xinhua
Time for worldwide fund to save mangroves: UNEP   Yahoo News UK
New UN report warns of 'devastating' effects from ongoing destruction of ...   Big News Network.com

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  Times LIVE   
UK Enviro Minister: Green Rules 'May Cause More Harm Than Global Warming'  Daily Caller
Former United Kingdom environment secretary Owen Paterson launched an attack against the “wicked green blob,” saying policies to stop global warming might do more harm than good. “There has not been a temperature increase now for probably 18 years, ...

Climate change snooze time at UN   Times LIVE
Ex-minister Owen Paterson warns climate change fears more damaging to the ...   Western Morning News
Fight against climate change 'may cause more harm than global warming'   The Times (subscription)
Decoded Science   
Murfreesboro Post   
Telegraph.co.uk   
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  ABC Online   
Wildlife numbers plunge as human population nearly doubles - survey  New Zealand Herald
The report stressed that humans were consuming natural resources at a rate that would require 1.5 Earths to sustain. Photo / Thinkstock. Wildlife numbers have plunged by more than half in just 40 years as Earth's human population has nearly doubled, ...

World wildlife population more than halved in last 40 years   The Australian
WWF: Animal Populations Declined by 52% in Past 40 Years   RIA Novosti
London Zoological Society Reports Humans Responsible For Dramatic Wildlife ...   Dumb-Out
Irish Independent   
Voice of America   
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